Parents warned after attempted abduction

Security has been stepped up at a northern suburbs primary school after a report of an attempted abduction.

A 10 year old girl told police she was waiting outside Mindarie Primary after school when a man grabbed her shirt and bag and told her to get into a white van.

She broke free and notified the school.

Police are investigating.

The offender is described as dark skinned in his 20s with a slim build and a goatee beard.

The Education Department's Deputy Director General Margery Evans said information is being sent out to parents, and staff will be supervising children as they leave school today.

"We want parents and schools to work with students so that they get a sense of what is safe behaviour, walking home with others, keeping to well lit areas," she said.

She says students are being warned about stranger danger.

"Today all staff have been out in the yard, they've been talking to parents as they drop their students off, they'll today talk with students about stranger danger and protective behaviours and a letter will be sent to parents," she said.